Curly Straight

Julia can stand!

She holds on to her piano and totally supports herself for a few minutes.

YAY for the sweetest baby!

We have visitors in the house - unwanted visitors - in the form of mice.

I am petrified of them and they skeeb me out.

TJ was walking down the stairs yesterday in front of me and he said: "Don't worry Mama, I'm right behind you and I'll protect you from the mouse."

AWWWW!

One of my favorite things about my very well behaved, sweet little baby girl is the fact that she is a good sleeper and so easy to put to bed.

We have always been big believers in the routine...music, stories, blankie, bed.

With Julia, putting her down is such a pleasure because when I put her down she makes me melt with the following actions.

I put her into her crib, on her back. She looks up at me.

As I put the blanket over her - and it is always some little super-cute, hand-knit colorful blanket - both of her chubby little legs immediately stretch up, WAY up into the air, and her hand grabs the top part of the blanket as she pulls it toward her face.

At the same time, while still holding onto the blanket, which is really close to her face at this point, her mouth opens, she inserts thumb into mouth, and sticks her other four fingers straight up into the air.

I need to get it on dvd because it's not going to last forever and it's just a very sweet, tender, innocent baby moment.

TJ has taken to walking around the house singing/chanting the following song:

Esme is a girl in his class, but he substitutes Mommy, Daddy, Katie, Aidan (who were visiting today), TJ, Julia, etc.

ESME THE CLOWN
ESME THE CLOWN
YOU ARE THE FUNNIEST CLOWN IN THE TOWN.

Now let's do a trick.

Every now and then TJ will decide that he wants to go somewhere.

Usually it's one of the following:

I want to go to Chuck E. Cheese.

I want to go to Florida. (me too, kid, that's for sure, it's cold here!)

I want to go to Disneyland.

I want to go to Ali and Bebe's.

I want to go to the zoo.